A wrong view of women?

In this episode, five women who grew up as Stay at Home Daughters explain the challenges they experienced developing relationships in the movement. They elaborate on the strict dating requirements of the movement otherwise known as courtship and the influence the leaders (including Bill Gothard & Doug Phillips) of the movement held over families.

The Daughters is an audio documentary exploring the way the Stay at Home Daughter movement - the idea that daughters should never leave the covering of their fathers until and unless they are married - affected those who grew up in it, including in their relationships, careers, education choices, emotions, dress, and religious choices. The documentary is open to those affected by this movement - both positive and negative.

Rebekah Hargraves is a Bible Teacher and Arthur at Hargraves Home and Hearth - Living out Biblical Womanhood in Light of the Gospel. You can find her on her website: https://www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/

Emily Elizabeth Anderson runs a Trauma Recovery Advocacy & Resources group. She describes her goal as helping victims of domestic violence, spiritual abuse, and physical and emotional trauma heal from the past and fill the gap between surviving and thriving. Emily can be reached on https://www.thrivingforward.org/

To learn more about the movement and project visit: https://www.thedaughtersdocu.com/

AUDIO/SOUND Production: Jake Musiker

WRITING EDITOR: Shalom Baer Gee

Sources:

Beahm, A. (2022, October 4). A conversation with Joshua Harris on “I kissed dating goodbye.” Reckon. ⁠https://www.reckon.news/news/2020/12/a-conversation-with-joshua-harris-on-i-kissed-dating-goodbye.html

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HARRIS, J. (2003). In I kissed dating goodbye. foreword, MULTNOMAH Publishers.

Karen Swallow Prior, guest blogger. (2010, December 20). What is the stay-at-home daughters movement?. ChristianityToday.com. ⁠https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/decemberweb-only/what-is-stay-at-home-daughters-movement.html ⁠

Zylstra, S. E. (2016a, January 8). More women sue Bill Gothard and IBLP, alleging sexual abuse. News & Reporting. https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2016/january/more-women-sue-bill-gothard-iblp-alleging-sexual-abuse.html